Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1850

1850 CHAPTER 94 13 and 14 Vict

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.

[14th August 1850]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2 Preamble (which recited Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1836 (c. 77), Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 (c. 113) and Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1841 (c. 39)) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)

[F1 1.(1)] Appointment of Church Estates Commissioners. U.K.

It shall be lawful for her Majesty, by warrant under her royal sign manual, to appoint two lay members of the Church of England to be commissioners for the purposes of this Act, by the title of First and Second Church Estates Commissioners; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty upon every vacancy in the office of First or Second Church Estates Commissioner to appoint in like manner some other lay member of the said church to such office, and it shall be lawful for the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being to appoint, under his hand and archiepiscopal seal, one member of the said church to be a commissioner for the purposes of this Act, by the title of a Church Estates Commissioner, and upon every vacancy in the office of a Church Estates Commissioner so appointed to appoint in like manner some other member of the said church to such office; and every Church Estates Commissioner appointed by her Majesty shall hold his office during her Majesty’s pleasure; and every such commissioner appointed by the said archbishop shall hold his office during the pleasure of the said archbishop for the time being; . . . F2

(2) [F3 The publication in the London Gazette of a notice of the appointment of a Church Estates Commissioner shall be evidence of the fact of the appointment.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 renumbered as s. 1(1) (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(2), Sch. 2, Pt. II, para. 14(a).

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

F3 S. 1(2) repealed (E.) (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 1 amended as to title of Commissioners appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury by Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 (No. 1), s. 19(1)

2 Salaries to First Church Estates Commissioner and Commissioner appointed by Archbishop U.K.

There shall be paid to the First Church Estates Commissioner a salary not exceeding the yearly sum of one thousand two hundred pounds, and to the Church Estates Commissioner appointed by the said archbishop a salary not exceeding the yearly sum of one thousand pounds, to be determined by the Treasury; and such salaries shall be paid out of the monies from time to time in the hands of the [F4 Church Commissioners].

Textual Amendments

F4 Words substituted by virtue of Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (No. 2), s. 18(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 S. 2 amended by Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1938 (No. 4), s. 9

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 3 repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (c. 20), Sch. 4 Pt. I

4 Church Estate Commissioners to sign declaration. U.K.

Every Church Estates Commissioner so appointed as aforesaid, before he proceed to do any act by virtue of his appointment, shall . . . F6 subscribe the like declaration as by the recited Acts is required to be subscribed by the other lay members of the said corporation.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

5—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 5–7, 10–15, 22, 23 and 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

8,9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 8, 9 repealed by Church Commissioners Measure 1964 (No. 8), s. 2(3)

10—15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 Ss. 5–7, 10–15, 22, 23 and 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10 Ss. 16, 18 and 29 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)

17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 17 repealed by Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1860 (c. 124), s. 1

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F12 Ss. 16, 18 and 29 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)

19—21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13 Ss. 19–21 repealed by Cathedrals Measure 1963 (No. 2), Sch. 2

22,23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14 Ss. 5–7, 10–15, 22, 23 and 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

24 Extension of the powers of 6 & 7 W. 4. c. 77. s. 10 for abolishing peculiar or exempt jurisdiction. U.K.

F15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F15 S. 24 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 Group 2(1)

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 25 repealed by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4, SIF 21:8), s. 47, Sch. 8

26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17 Ss. 5–7, 10–15, 22, 23 and 26 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)

27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F18 S. 27 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. VII

28 Powers, &c. of former Acts extended to this Act. U.K.

F19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 28 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 Group 2(1)

29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20 Ss. 16, 18 and 29 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)